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Leader Banjo Co Gibson Style Banjo Armrest (Nickel Plated Steel)

£14.95

Traditional, 1930's-style single-leg armrest fits banjos with standard 24 bracket rims. Made of heavy-duty steel with a polished nickel-plated finish. The perfect prewar look for any old or modern banjos.
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Perfect for the restoration of vintage models of the 1920's and 1930's as well as upgrades for modern banjos

Material - Steel

Plating / Color - Nickel-plated

Size - Designed for 24 Bracket Hook Spacing

Delivery & Returns

We will endeavor to ensure that orders are speedily processed and despatched the same day if at all possible.

Ordered items requiring setting up in the workshop will be despatched within 1-2 days using DPD Local Next Day Delivery (next day being the day after it leaves Eagle Music Shop). On the day of delivery you will receive a text message with your hours delivery time slot

You will be informed immediately if there is a problem with any part of your order or if any item is 'out of stock'.

NB : Orders processed on a Saturday but will not leave us until the Monday as Royal Mail and DPD Local do not collect from us at the Weekend.

Should you not be entirely happy with your purchase, or you have ordered an incorrect item, Eagle Music is happy to refund your purchase (excluding postage) within 28 days providing the goods are in a fully resaleable condition (including the original undamaged packaging) and not featured within the Exclusion Policy. (Exclusions apply to selected products).

Please note the following exclusions:

DVD's and CD's cannot be returned unless they are faulty

Banjo heads cannot be returned once you have tried to fit them to your banjo

Harmonica's have a 7 day guarantee and can be returned within this time if they are found to be faulty

Goods must be returned to Eagle Music together with a covering letter and contact details so that the matter can be dealt with efficiently and promptly.

This pair of excellent quality Chicago Strap Converters will enable you to convert 'guitar type' straps for use on your banjo, or any other strap that has holes in each end. The strong leather thong has two punched holes to enable different length settings and is fitted with genuine USA made Chicago screws. The front of the Chicago screws have an attractive engraved pattern the rear of the Chicago screws have a straight cut driver slot for safe tightening. With these fitments you can now convert your 'favourite' strap to fit on your banjo! Choice of three colours to suit your strap, Black, Light Brown, Dark Brown - please use the drop down box to choose colour.The picture showns a guitar strap attached to a banjo with the Chicago converter.

'L' Shaped nickel steel tailpiece bracket with 8.50mm .334" diameter hole and 3.96mm (5/32") elongated slot. In use the 8.50mm hole slots over the end end of a coordinating rod and is help in place by a bolt. The 3.96mm elongated slot houses the tailpiece screw and hexagon nut.

The 'Clamshell' nickel plated, spring loaded, classic design tailpiece is often found on pre-war Gibson banjos. This tailpiece is also known as the 'Claw' tailpiece. This taipiece can be fitted to 5-string and 4-string banjos. On the internal bottom plate it has five 'fingers' that can be used with loop ended strings. It also has five 'holes' that can be used with ball ended strings.
The bottom plate is also fitted with a knurled thumb screw making it fully adjustable for angle and height. It also has a spring loaded 'clamshell' top cover plate.

The Leader 'Ivoroid' banjo tuning peg is a chrome plated precision engineered, 5-wheeled planetary geared mechanism with adjustable torque setting via a star screw fitted in the Ivoroid button. It has a gear ration of 4:1. Very smooth in operation, fitted to some of the world's top class banjos.

From Leader a multi Key for adjusting 6mm AF bracket nuts. Used for tensioning your banjo head ...or removing and fitting a new banjo head on most factory made banjos that have 6mm AF Hexagon nuts.
Also has a useful 'star' philips head screw driver for other banjo fitments.

A USA quality nickel plated, high tensile steel, flat bracket hook and nickel plated brass hexagon nut set to suit early type banjos with grooved tension hoops or 'Stretcher band' as they are sometimes called. Please see below for measurements and thread sizes.

We have especially commissioned the making of this super quality banjo mute. It is hand made in the UK from solid brass then polished to a high luster. It is simple to fit to any banjo with the Allen key that is supplied with the mute.